Title: Section 43-2.11 - Fraud and abuse

Effective Date

(a) The commissioner, his agents or designees, shall investigate and refer for prosecution any violations of State laws pertaining to fraud or abuse in the program.

(b) Where review indicates substantial evidence of abuse of the program, the participant may be removed from the program or restricted to a single provider.

(c) If the recipient did not provide accurate information regarding his income and expenses, the commissioner may summarily suspend an enrollee's participation in the program, and the department can recover the amount of assistance granted, to which the recipient is not entitled.